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25 paź 2022 · This cavern’s blind aquatic salamanders inspire legends and conservation efforts. Postojna Cave is one of the biggest tourist attractions in Slovenia. It is home to salamanders called olms ...
3 gru 2021 · Deep in vast caverns of the Postojna cave network, a blind salamander found nowhere else on Earth is one of the star attractions both for visitors and the scientists unraveling its secrets.
29 lut 2016 · The olm, a blind salamander found in cave rivers of the Balkans, is thought to live for more than 100 years but reproduces just once or twice a decade. A female in an aquarium at the Postojna...
25 kwi 2016 · The salamander’s S-curve has been found carved into the weathered stone of at least one stećak, a type of medieval tombstone that lies scattered across the region.
2 cze 2016 · After a four-month wait, the eggs laid by a peculiar salamander in a Slovenian cave have started to hatch. Ghostly pale and totally blind, olms - fondly known by locals as "baby dragons" - only...
24 lut 2023 · So cracking the olm’s genetic code — as the researchers I’m olm-hunting with today are endeavoring to do — could unlock secret recipes for fighting eye disease and obesity, enduring starvation, reproducing at an older age, or even extending the human lifespan.
3 cze 2016 · After four months of waiting and watching, a clutch of eggs laid by a Slovenian salamander called an “olm” are finally hatching. The occasion marks a rare opportunity for biologists to study ...
